Dagr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - dagr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "dagr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

dagr Old Icelandic word can mean:

dagr: (gen. dags, dat. degi; pl. dagar), m.

dagr: 1) day;

dagr: at kveldi skal dag leyfa, at eventide shall the day be praised;

dagr: dagr kemr upp í austri, sezt í vestri, the day rises in the east, sets in the west;

dagr: öndverðr ~, the early day, forenoon;

dagr: miðr ~, midday;

dagr: hallandi ~, declining day;

dagr: at kveldi dags, síð dags, late in the day;

dagr: sannr sem ~, true as day;

dagr: í dag, today;

dagr: á (or um) daginn, during the day;

dagr: sama dags, the same day;

dagr: annan dag, the next day;

dagr: annars dag, another day;

dagr: hindra dags, the day after, tomorrow;

dagr: dag frá degi, hvern dag frá öðrum, from day to day;

dagr: dag eptir dag, day after day;

dagr: nótt ok dag, night and day;

dagr: dögunum optar, more times than there are days, over and over again;

dagr: á deyjanda degi, on one’s death-day;

dagr: 2) pl., days, times;

dagr: ef aðrir dagar (better days) koma;

dagr: góðir dagar, happy days;

dagr: 3) esp. pl., lifetime;

dagr: á dögum e-s, um daga e-s, in the days of, during or in the reign of;

dagr: eptir minn dag, when I am dead (gaf honum alla sína eign eptir sinn dag);

dagr: mátti hann eigi lengr gefa en um sína dagi, than for his lifetime;

dagr: ráða (taka) e-n af dögum, to put to death.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚴᚱ

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

gen.: genitive.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

esp.: especially.

e-s: einhvers.

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